Definition of slather
: a great quantity
—often used in plural
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Strap on your seatbelt and slather on the sunscreen.
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Make a double batch with plenty of fresh herbs from the garden and store in your freezer to slather over veggies and add to pasta dishes.
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Blinds drawn, the teachers reminded you and reminded you to drink water and slather on sunscreen, squawking like parrots.
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Massage a dime-size drop into clean, dry skin every morning before your moisturizer, and always, for the love of the world, slather on a sunscreen, too.
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Be sure to ask for a side of the cream cheese frosting, because that’s a signature slather here as well.
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If your dress is strapless or mini, slather on a lotion with a shimmering tint, then dust shoulders and collarbones with a bronzing powder for an extra dose of radiance.
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Rinse your hands, slather on some lotion, and voilà—your nails should be clean as hell (or, at the very least, well on their way).
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Yoofka slathers on Aquaphor Healing Ointment to moisturize.
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Origin and Etymology of slather
Examples of slather in a Sentence
We ate lobster slathered with butter.
Recent Examples of slather from the Web
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Its legs had been shortened, the shell was gouged and dirty, convex Perspex windows had been removed, and the interior had been flooded by rainwater and slathered in plaster.
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Season with remaining teaspoon of salt and slather the spread on the top of the fish.
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In other respects, the 2018 F-150 sees some mild styling updates that include a more horizontal appearance to the grille and some metal trim slathered about on the upscale trim levels.
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Police tried to keep Philadelphia Eagles fans off street poles in the city by slathering them up with cans of Crisco but some fans still decided to take it upon themselves to attempt to climb.
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The river, ordinarily a greenish-brown color, now resembled milky tea, and a drab sludge slathered its banks.
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Over the years, traps have been moved, vandalized or slathered with chemicals the bears don’t like.
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Here, 18-inch pies get slathered a coat of tomato sauce, a heavy sprinkle of mozzarella and toppings, some housemade or local (whole pies start at $19 and are big enough for three to share).
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In fact, holding rallies, eating KFC and slathering donkey blood across his face are the only things this president has done consistently since taking office.
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First Known Use of slather
1846
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Definition of slather for English Language Learners
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: to cover (something) with a thick layer of a liquid, cream, etc.
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